Beer news in nyc

From September, 2014

You may have seen Floyd’s Beer Cheese, but did you know the team behind the cheese is the same team that runs Union Hall, The Bell House and Floyd? Kevin Avanzato, Jim Carden and Andy Templar are now launching a beer cracker as a compliment to the cheese. BeerUnion caught up with Avanzato, who answered a few or our questions: What was the inspiration behind Floyd’s Beer Cheese? Beer Cheese is fairly ubiquitous in Kentucky, but virtually unknown in the North East. When we opened our first bar “Floyd” in Brooklyn, my partners Jim Carden and Andy Templar (native Kentuckians)…

The wide variety of New York City’s brewers will be on display Saturday, September 20, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the NYC Brewers Guild Blocktoberfest party in Brooklyn. The guild’s newest members will be pouring and include Transmitter Brewing, Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, Flagship Brewing, Big Alice Brewing, and Grimm Artisanal Ales. The event seeks to raise funds for the guild to run NYC Beer Week 2015. Drinkers can purchase a VIP ticket for entry at 12:30 p.m. and unlimited tastings for $30 or general admission for $10 and then $5 tickets for each 12oz beer. You can purchase…

By Meredith Heil Fool’s Gold is basically the beer bar equivalent of a fantasy band. A mishmash of local craft rockstars (Idle Hands, The Jeffrey, Alewife) opened the Lower East Side haunt in 2013, combining their passion for great beer and food with an aesthetic that fits the hipper-than-hip neighborhood. Big, open windows welcome Houston Street passersby inside, where 30 rotating taps, a vast array of high end liquors and $1 happy hour oysters make them stay for hours. An enormously long bar with plenty of seating takes up most of the dimly lit space. A row of tap handles…